Jumping

For the CPU Mode, see Jump (CPU Mode).

Jumping is an action that moves a character from the ground into midair. It is performed by pressing Up on the control stick, or the X or Y buttons with the GameCube and classic controller, or the C button on the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. All characters can also jump a second time in midair, providing they are not attacking, air-dodging, helpless, in hitstun, or have used it already.

There is a short delay between the Jump button being pressed and the on-screen character actually jumping, during which the onscreen character will enter a crouching portion of their jumping animation. If the Control Stick or jump button is released during this time, then the character short hops. If the Control Stick is tilted backwards during this time, the character will jump backwards with a different animation than a regular jump. If the standard attack button is pressed during this time, then the character uses their up smash (but only if the jump was executed with the control stick). Because characters can jump while shielding (excluding Yoshi, who has a unique shield), this allows usage of Up smashes (and up special moves as well) without having to drop the shield. This also makes it difficult for a player using the Wii Remote-only control scheme to perform up tilts. By pressing down on the control stick at the top of your jump, you will do a fast fall.

Jump timing rankings[]

The following below is a ranking of all playable characters in each Super Smash Bros. game based on how many frames it takes for them to transition from the ground to the air.

Character	SSB	Melee	Brawl	SSBWU/3DS
Bayonetta	N	N	N	4
Bowser	N	8	8	8
Bowser Jr.	N	N	N	6
Captain Falcon	4	4	5	5
Charizard	N	N	6	7
Cloud	N	N	N	4
Corrin	N	N	N	6
Dark Pit	N	N	N	5
Diddy Kong	N	N	4	4
Donkey Kong	6	5	6	6
Dr. Mario	N	4	N	5
Duck Hunt	N	N	N	4
Falco	N	5	6	6
Fox	3	3	4	4
Ganondorf	N	6	7	7
Ice Climbers	N	3	4	N
Ike	N	N	6	7
Ivysaur	N	N	5	N
Jigglypuff	6	5	6	6
King Dedede	N	N	6	6
Kirby	3	3	4	4
Link	7	6	7	7
Little Mac	N	N	N	5
Lucario	N	N	5	5
Lucas	N	N	5	4
Lucina	N	N	N	5
Luigi	3	4	5	5
Mario	3	4	5	5
Marth	N	4	5	5
Mega Man	N	N	N	4
Meta Knight	N	N	4	4
Mewtwo	N	5	N	5
Mii Brawler	N	N	N	5
Mii Gunner	N	N	N	7
Mii Swordfighter	N	N	N	7
Mr. Game & Watch	N	4	5	5
Ness	3	4	5	5
Olimar	N	N	5	5
Pac-Man	N	N	N	5
Palutena	N	N	N	5
Peach	N	5	5	5
Pichu	N	3	N	N
Pikachu	3	3	4	4
Pit	N	N	5	5
R.O.B.	N	N	5	5
Robin	N	N	N	7
Rosalina	N	N	N	5
Roy	N	5	N	5
Ryu	N	N	N	5
Samus	3	3	4	5
Sheik	N	3	4	4
Shulk	N	N	N	5
Snake	N	N	9	N
Sonic	N	N	5	5
Squirtle	N	N	4	N
Toon Link	N	N	5	5
Villager	N	N	N	5
Wario	N	N	6	6
Wii Fit Trainer	N	N	N	5
Wolf	N	N	5	N
Yoshi	5	5	6	6
Young Link	N	4	N	N
Zelda	N	6	6	6
Zero Suit Samus	N	N	4	4
Inkling
Daisy
Ridley

Jump height ranking[]

Below are lists ranking characters by how high they jump. Note that this list only measures their first jump; ergo, all additional jumps are irrelevant.

Super Smash Bros.[]

The following is a ranking of the characters in Super Smash Bros. based on how high they jump from the ground with #1 being the highest jump.

Rank	Character
1	Luigi
2	Captain Falcon
3	Samus
4	Donkey Kong
5	Jigglypuff
6	Mario
7	Pikachu
8	Fox
9	Kirby
10	Link
11	Ness
12	Yoshi

Super Smash Bros. Melee[]

The following is a ranking of the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee based on how high they jump from the ground, along with the jump force of each character.

Rank	Character	Force
1	Falco	4.1
2-3	Fox	3.68
2-3	Luigi	3.68
4	Captain Falcon	3.1
5-6	Bowser	2.8
5-6	Sheik	2.8
7	Donkey Kong	2.7
8	Young Link	2.62
9-13	Pikachu	2.6
9-13	Pichu	2.6
9-13	Ice Climbers	2.6
9-13	Ganondorf	2.6
9-13	Roy	2.6
14-16	Link	2.5
14-16	Yoshi	2.5
14-16	Ness	2.5
17	Marth	2.4
18-21	Mario	2.3
18-21	Dr. Mario	2.3
18-21	Mewtwo	2.3
18-21	Mr. Game & Watch	2.3
22	Peach	2.2
23-24	Samus	2.1
23-24	Zelda	2.1
25	Kirby	2
26	Jigglypuff	1.6

When combined with gravity and falling speed (characters that fall faster cannot jump as high with the same jump force), the ranking of jump height from the ground is:

Rank	Character
1	Falco
2	Luigi
3	Captain Falcon
4	Donkey Kong
5	Marth
6	Sheik
7-9	Fox
7-9	Ice Climbers
7-9	Young Link
10-11	Samus
10-11	Yoshi
12-13	Ness
12-13	Pikachu
14	Link
15	Pichu
16	Roy
17-18	Bowser
17-18	Mewtwo
19-20	Peach
19-20	Zelda
21-22	Dr. Mario
21-22	Mario
23	Ganondorf
24	Mr. Game & Watch
25	Kirby
26	Jigglypuff

For more information about jumping physics, see falling speed, gravity, and traction.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]

The following is a ranking of the characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl based on how high they jump from the ground, along with the jump force of each character.

Rank	Character	Force
1	Fox	3.55
2	Falco	3.42
3	Sheik	3.37
4	Wolf	2.95
5	Zero Suit Samus	2.84
6	Captain Falcon	2.82
7-8	Diddy Kong, Squirtle	2.8
9	Bowser	2.65
10	Pikachu	2.48
11-12	Donkey Kong, Sonic	2.45
13-14	Meta Knight, King Dedede	2.4
15-17	Luigi, Lucas, Ice Climbers	2.35
18-19	Yoshi, Ganondorf	2.34
20	Wario	2.3
21-22	Link, Ike	2.26
23-24	Ness, R.O.B.	2.25
25-26	Mario, Charizard	2.22
27-28	Toon Link, Lucario	2.2
29	Pit	2.17
30-31	Ivysaur, Marth	2.16
32	Zelda	2.09
33	Mr. Game & Watch	2.07
34	Samus	2.05
35	Olimar	2.04
36	Peach	1.98
37	Snake	1.9
38	Kirby	1.79
39	Jigglypuff	1.44

When combined with gravity and falling speed (characters that fall faster cannot jump as high with the same jump force), the ranking of jump height from the ground is:

Rank	Character
1	Falco
2	Luigi
3-4	Zero Suit Samus
3-4	Diddy Kong
5	Captain Falcon
6-7	R.O.B.
6-7	Lucario
8	Donkey Kong
9	Marth
10	Sheik
11-12	Samus
11-12	Yoshi
13	Lucas
14-15	Pikachu
14-15	Ness
16-17	Fox
16-17	Ice Climbers
18-19	Bowser
18-19	King Dedede
20-21	Squirtle
20-21	Ike
22-23	Mario
22-23	Pit
24-25	Sonic
24-25	Wolf
26	Ivysaur
27	Toon Link
28-29	Zelda
28-29	Peach
30	Olimar
31	Wario
32	Link
33	Ganondorf
34-35	Meta Knight
34-35	Charizard
36	Mr. Game & Watch
37	Kirby
38	Snake
39	Jigglypuff

For more information about jumping physics, see falling speed, gravity, and traction.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U[]

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Rank	Character	Force
1	Falco
2	Greninja
3	Zero Suit Samus
4	Luigi
5-6	Sheik
5-6	Wii Fit Trainer
7	Diddy Kong
8	Rosalina & Luma
9	Lucario
10	Shulk*
11	R.O.B.
12	Palutena
13	Fox
14	Mario
15	Yoshi
16	Samus
17	Sonic
18	Duck Hunt
19	Pac-Man
20	Toon Link
21	Captain Falcon
22	Pikachu
23-24	Olimar
23-24	Bowser Jr.
25	Mii Brawler
26-27	Villager
26-27	Robin
28	Donkey Kong
29	Ness
30-31	Wario
30-31	King Dedede
32	Zelda
33	Meta Knight
34	Charizard
35-36	Pit
35-36	Dark Pit
37	Mega Man
38-40	Marth
38-40	Lucina
38-40	Roy
41	Peach
42-43	Mii Swordfighter
42-43	Mii Gunner
44-45	Bowser
44-45	Mewtwo
46	Ryu
47-49	Link
47-49	Dr. Mario
47-49	Lucas
50	Ike
51	Mr. Game & Watch
52	Little Mac
53	Ganondorf
54	Kirby
55	Jigglypuff
n/a	Cloud
n/a	Corrin
n/a	Bayonetta

Shulk with his Jump Monado Art has a higher jump height than Falco.

Short hop[]

A short hop is a jump with a low height than normal. It is achieved by pressing the jump button for a split-second, when the character is in their jump-squat animation. Using a short hop allows some aerial attacks to be performed closer to the ground, making it useful for characters with a Meteor Smash move. The time needed to short hop depends on the jumping speed of the character, so while fast characters such as Fox need to short hops in 1-2 frames, slow characters like Bowser need 7 frames, allowing more lenient timing for executing. In the Subspace Emissary short hops are more difficult to perform due to the time needed for inputting a short hop is reduced to 2 frames for all characters.

Footstool Jump[]

A Footstool Jump, more commonly a Footstool, is a technique introduced in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is executed by pressing the jump button right when they are above another character. When used on a grounded opponent, they will enter an animation of the player bouncing off their head (in Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, star effects are added as if the affected character was stunned). When used on an aerial opponent, the opponent will tumble downward. Executing a Footstool Jump does not inflict damage or produce knockback. While being classified as a Meteor Smash, it is not a true meteor smash as no knockback is produced and meteor-cancelling is not possible.

Footstool Jumping allows the player to gain more height while jumping, edge-guard opponents via gimping, disrupt attempts to gain items (particularly the Smash Ball), or ground them so other players can attack them. It can also be used start meteor smashes, such as Falco's and Marth's down aerial.

Despite the technique being introduced in Brawl, Luigi is seen footstooling Mario in Melee, despite the technique not being used in actual gameplay.